A curious series of events have just transpired this year that is putting yet another cultural asset of the City of Cornwall in peril. First the city cut the funding to its public art gallery to zero in a boggling budget process that saw three councilors cite conflict of interestContinue Reading
THEFT OF TIRES (South Stormont) – On October 23, 2015 at approximately 2:09pm, Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry (SD&G) Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a theft of Four Tires from a Business (Auto Tech Mechanical) on Warner Road, South Stormont Township. Investigation indicated that sometime between (OctoberContinue Reading
It’s that time of the year! Twice per year we ask you, our dear CFN viewers to support your favorite source for independent media. All you had to do was watch the coverage from this last election to see how important not only independent media are, but that yourContinue Reading
Patrick Burger, Guy Lauzon, Bernadette Clement, Elaine Kennedy CFN- It was a feisty debate at the Civic Complex last night. Three of the four candidates were ready for battle and battle they did. The Green Party Candidate, Elaine Kennedy, was much more circumspect about the election preferring to talk about theContinue Reading
Morrisburg – Liberal hopeful Bernadette Clement kicked off her campaign to gain the federal seat for SD&SG today in the beautiful garden at the Russell Manor in Morrisburg. Liberal party supporters came out in the sweltering heat to cheer on Bernadette as she spoke about the Liberal party goals andContinue Reading
CFN – It was a great day for the 1st Annual Eastern Ontario Garlic Festival in Cornwall’s Lamoureax Park. You couldn’t have asked for better weather. It was bright and sunny with a cool breeze blowing off the river. While we were setting up at 8 AM you could seeContinue Reading
Ontario Provincial Police News Portal [STORMONT DUNDAS and GLENGARRY] BREAK IN/DRUGS SEIZED AT TRAFFIC STOPS/IMPAIRED DRIVER(S)/CHAREGES LAID 2015-08-24 FROM/DE: Stormont, Dundas & DATE: August 24th, 2015 Glengarry (SD&G) Detachment IMPAIRED DRIVER(S) (South Stormont) – On August 22, 2015 at approximately 2:03pm, Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry (SD&G) Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)Continue Reading
Temporary Road Closure on County Road 16 County Road 16 at the CN Rail Crossing will be closed to all traffic beginning Tuesday July 21, 2015 at 8:00 am until Wednesday July 22, 2015 at 5:00 pm to facilitate the reconstruction of the track and road surface. PleaseContinue Reading
Well one thing is becoming clearer. It really doesn’t appear that Bernadette Clement wants to be a city councilor in Cornwall? She has attempted to run for upper political office or hope to become a judge each election. Last night the local Liberal riding went through the charade of aContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Lt-Col. Steven Young of the SD&G Highlanders, known as the Glens, will tell everyone who will listen that the unit is short staffed. Since taking over the unit numbers have drifted to about half strength. Could one of the reasons why the unit have such a low amountContinue Reading
CFN – A recent Standard Freeholder story starts off with a very telling question. “How do you justify spending $100,000 of tax money on marketing purposes?” That’s what we call a “money question” not because of the cash in play, but because it rips to the root of the act.Continue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Politics are a fascinating fact of our lives. They embrace the truly worst of human nature and rarely our best. It’s a blood sport. The results impact all of our lives in so many ways. After the utter historic failure of Tim Hudak the OntarioContinue Reading
CFN – The bigger you are the harder it is to keep the numbers rolling, but that’s exactly what has happened as CFN has jumped up over 5% from the First Quarter of 2014 to FQ 2015! And we couldn’t have done it with all of our viewers! AContinue Reading
CORNWALL, Ontario – It’s always interesting to see how some media will cover a story. We generally release the police blotter as delivered by the police. We do that for many reasons; most of them good, but some other media outlets try to step into the spotlight. This was recentlyContinue Reading
IMPAIRED DRIVERS (North Dundas) – On April 10, 2015 at approximately 5:17pm, a Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry (SD&G) Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer intercepted a vehicle on Christie Lane, North Dundas Township. The stop revealed that the adult female driver was under the influence of alcohol. Judith BETHUNE (71) ofContinue Reading
ASSAULT Cornwall – ON A 48-year-old St-Andrews man was arrested on February 24th, 2015 and charged with assault. It is alleged that during an argument with his 46-year-old girlfriend on February 23rd, 2015 the man grabbed her by the neck and police were contacted to investigate On February 24th,Continue Reading
CFN – OPP Confirmed that South Dundas lawyer and power player Peter Remillard died in a two vehicle collision. According to their website Mr. Remillard was quite active in his community. Member of the SDG Law Association and the Carleton County Law Association President of the Morrisburg and District ChamberContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – A simple first paragraph of a news story has set off a fire storm of controversy between South Stormont Mayor Jim Bancroft and his council and the Standard Freeholder. “A need to set aside money for reserves to help pay for future projects is driving a 12.2%Continue Reading